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enThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detectivehttp://www.librarypoint.org/suspicions_of_mr_whicher
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/180">Virginia Johnson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/35">Autobiography and Biography</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/49">History</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/94">Detectives</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/661">Victorian England</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2455">True Crime</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/29">Reading Room Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/suspicionsofmrwhicher_0.jpg" width="136" height="200" alt="Cover to The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective" title="The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>At 5 o&#39;clock in the morning, a curly-headed toddler went missing from his bed in the spacious mansion in the English countryside, never to be seen alive again. Young Saville Kent&#39;s soon-to-be-discovered vicious murder at the hands of someone who was surely a family member or trusted servant excited the press, the populace, and the authorities and ultimately drew the attention of one of Scotland Yard&#39;s first and finest detectives, Jack Whicher. Like the fictional Sherlock Holmes, Detective Whicher had a keen mind and almost sixth sense for uncovering criminals in the most unlikely places. With no forensics lab modern or otherwise to help him discover the identity of Saville&#39;s killer, Whicher used reason and intuition when setting about his task.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-video field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="video/youtube" src="/modules/file/icons/video-x-generic.png" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju_dg4qUSKM" type="video/youtube; length=0">The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Trailer</a></span></div></div></div>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:03:33 +0000vjohnson7733 at http://www.librarypoint.orgThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perryhttp://www.librarypoint.org/cater_street_hangman_perry
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/180">Virginia Johnson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2677">Historical Fiction</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2673">Mystery &amp; Thrillers</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2752">Romance</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/661">Victorian England</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1918">London</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/cater_street_hangman.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Charlotte Ellison lives a outwardly beatific and genuinely boring existence at her home in the London suburbs. To her mind, her most vexing problems are her father&rsquo;s refusal to allow her to read his newspapers&mdash;a common enough attitude in Victorian England&mdash;and her unresolved, unadmitted crush on her brother-in-law Dominic.&nbsp;Anne Perry&rsquo;s <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12876K0P2L324.3949&amp;profile=remote&amp;source=%7E%21horizon&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001%7E%21402705%7E%211&amp;ri=5&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=cater+street+hangman&amp;index=.GW&amp;u">Cater Street Hangman</a> portrays Charlotte&rsquo;s extremely circumscribed position as one that might have yawningly gone on for years, filled with good works and a suitable marriage, were it not for the gruesome murders of young girls in the environs of her Cater Street home.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-video field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="video/youtube" src="/modules/file/icons/video-x-generic.png" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZ8K3K2If4" type="video/youtube; length=0">The Cater Street Hangman - Trailer</a></span></div></div></div>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0000vjohnson8630 at http://www.librarypoint.orgGreat Lives Series: Queen Victoriahttp://www.librarypoint.org/great_lives_series_queen_victoria
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/180">Virginia Johnson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/35">Autobiography and Biography</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/49">History</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/60">Politics</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/661">Victorian England</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2206">Great Lives series</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2242">Queen Victoria</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/29">Reading Room Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/222">History Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/victoriaandalbert.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>She took the throne as a young and somewhat malleable girl, married for love, and spent the greater part of her reign as the formidable <a href="http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/kipling_ind.html"><font color="#800080">Widow of Windsor.</font></a> Her children and grandchildren held thrones throughout Europe, and the Age of Victoria was known for both domestic reform and colonial conquest. Her long and fascinating life has been the subject of numerous books, films, and television series.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:48:41 +0000vjohnson6520 at http://www.librarypoint.orgA History of Detective Fiction: Literary Originshttp://www.librarypoint.org/detective_fiction_origins
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1566">John Gaines</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/37">Books and Reading</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/41">Drama</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/53">Literary/Classics</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/56">Mystery</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/16">Weekly Feature Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/661">Victorian England</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1750">World War II -- fiction</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1976">Sherlock Holmes</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1977">Edgar Allan Poe</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1990">A History of Detective Fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-featured-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/detective_fiction_origins"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/detective-156465_960_720.png" width="200" height="170" alt="A History of Detective Fiction: Literary Origins" title="A History of Detective Fiction: Literary Origins" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Detective and crime-related stories are one of the most popular genres of fiction.&nbsp;In literary form, detective novels are so numerous that publishing companies devote entire labels to the genre and release hundreds of entries per year.&nbsp;Detective/crime-related narratives have become a major part of television programming, with networks basing their entire primetime schedule around crime-related series.</p>
<p>Detective fiction is such an integral part of the current literary landscape that many people have difficulty remembering all its subgenres, popular works, and notable authors.&nbsp;This series explores the history of detective fiction, the authors who were a major influence on its development, and books and films in its major subgenres.</p>
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